Copper River’s First Salmon Of Season Land In Seattle

By chrisco2 May17, 2022 Alaskan Food, Featured Content, Fishing 0 Comments

Alaska’s Copper River salmon season has started and the first shipment is scheduled to arrive at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Tuesday morning. #FOX13 https://t.co/0l341jNtZ0
— FOX 13 Seattle (@fox13seattle) May 17, 2022

One of the best traditions about the usual mid-May Copper River salmon opener is the air delivery of the first fish caught to Seattle (in 2020, at the start of the Covid pandemic, the fish fed Seattle medical personnel).

Here’s more from Q13-Fox in Seattle:

Some more social media reactions:

No, this isn’t a new pic for our dating app profile! ?? Every year, we love flying the first Copper River salmon of the season from the sea to SEA—and beyond! What a catch, right? https://t.co/nI4WRAb5sf pic.twitter.com/rlEkHhPavV
— Alaska Airlines (@AlaskaAir) May 17, 2022

Details are starting to trickle in about the first Alaska Airlines flight that carried 17,200 pounds of Copper River salmon from Cordova to Seattle by @AlaskaAir Cargo this morning at around 8:40 am PST. https://t.co/acOQv5RDrt
— Rachel Sapin (@SapinRachel) May 17, 2022

Alaska’s wild salmon season has officially started! Copper River kings and sockeye hit processing plants in Cordova yesterday and buyers are lining up for the first fresh fish of the season. Catch the latest updates from @IntraFish ??https://t.co/dKLQIpFUSS
— Taylor Drew Holshouser (@tdholshouser) May 17, 2022

Copper River salmon is back this week!
Expect a sky high price. ??

Full fish at @pike_place: $899.99
Copper River fillet: $129.99/lb

MORE: https://t.co/9KJokAILGI pic.twitter.com/iMiV5lJvhW
— Jake Whittenberg ???? (@jwhittenbergK5) May 17, 2022

I want to go back in time and meet the PR person who figured out how to get thousands of dollars in free advertising for Copper River Salmon.
— Colleen O'Brien (@ColleenKIROFM) May 17, 2022

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